Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has created a 'test case' for President JoeBiden’s administration that could doom or rehabilitate the reputational damage done by the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Biden's administration suffered, really, a credibility setback when it comes to Afghanistan,” a senior European official told the Washington Examiner. “For Biden, it's also extremely essential that Ukraine's independence is not destroyed, simplistically saying, because imagine what kind of shockwaves it would send to other parts of Europe: 'Yeah, we didn't want to have [a] third world war, but we don't have Ukraine anymore.
“It’s direct pressure because of that, because that was a certain behavior which probably should not be repeated in the future,” the second senior European official said. “The mistake was to trust an enemy which could not be trusted. ... We need to be very cautious and [prefer] to rely on our friends and allies [rather] than to the words of [the] other side.
Biden touted that foresight after a series of meetings, including an emergency NATO Leader summit, that his team described as an effort to ensure that European allies don’t waver in their determination to punish Putin. His team scrambled to claw back the statement. “The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region,” a White House official said in a statement distributed to the press. “He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change.”
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